Vertical Drop Heroes HD
Take a Light RPG, a downward dungeon with levels, loot to collect and lots of replay, and you get the game that is Vertical Drop Heroes HD. General Gameplay Vertical Drop Heroes HD is a remake of the browser game that came out some years ago, and now it is available on the PS4 and PC as a standalone game. The gameplay is simple – pick a character, get the loot, go down a dungeon, fight enem...[Read More]
How To Stop Game Rage With Your Gamer – Or Yourself!
There come times when gaming can cause frustration, both with AAA titles and games from independent developers. That much is understandable – all things in life can be frustrating, even good things. But “game rage” is not a good thing; it’s very real, and it’s really destructive. Whether it’s the multiplayer portion of the game or the single player, it happens. At Family Gamer Review our be...[Read More]
Iron Crypticle
A 4 player co-op that is all about getting loot and working as a team to go floor to floor defeating enemies and bosses to keep going. General Gameplay Iron Crypticle is a new school-game with an old-school soul. Taking from popular games like Gauntlet and Smash TV, Iron Crypticle does a great job of making a 4-player couch co-op that is fun for all to play. From the visual standpoint, the game ...[Read More]
Blue Rider
Blue Rider is a top-down shooter that has you going from zone to zone battling enemies until you reach a boss and go from there. General Gameplay You pilot a ship in a top-down view, shooting enemies from floating units to ground turrets, gaining points towards your rampage as you play. You also gain power-ups for your primary weapon and extra bombs to use against the boss and other enemie...[Read More]
Air Guitar Warrior Gamepad Edition
Live out your dreams of being a guitarist for a rock band, or an air guitarist in Air Guitar Warrior! Fight your way through enemies after enemies in 50 waves in this shooter for Xbox One. General Gameplay The general gameplay is very simple with you strumming your guitar and shooting enemies on the screen. Depending on the strum it can be different types of projectiles that are shot at your enem...[Read More]
Drifting Lands
Drifting Lands is a hybrid shooter, RPG game in which you go from mission to mission, defeating enemies, collecting loot and then upgrading your ship between levels. General Gameplay The game at heart is a SHMUP (Shoot ‘em Ups) with a balance of collecting loot to improve your ships. You go from level to level shooting enemies’ ships out of the sky while collecting loot and credits to upgrade yo...[Read More]
A Pixel Story
A Pixel Story is a 2D puzzle/platform game that uses a magical teleporting hat to place a clone of yourself onto other parts of the level so you can use it for puzzle/platforming solving throughout the game. General Gameplay The game is a 2D platformer in which you go from zone to zone, using your hat to teleport yourself to solve problems and move to the other areas of the game. The “hat ...[Read More]
How To Balance Summer Fun With Gaming.
Now that Summer is here, you’ve got the BBQ ready for the family and are looking forward to road trips and summer pool parties. But balancing summer activities and gaming can be challenging, but no worries! We’ve got you covered with some great, simple ideas that will give you the best of both worlds! One thing about the gaming industry you may or may not know is that during the summer, most game ...[Read More]
New Frontier Days: Founding Pioneer
New Frontier Days: Founding Pioneer is a town building simulator that is centered around building a town, hunting, fishing, and growing crops. General Gameplay Micromanage your town from gathering food, wood, wool and other things to survive and get ready for the yearly harvest. The game is designed to be a true town simulator from getting supplies to keeping the pioneers happy, and other day-to-...[Read More]
iO
iO is a puzzle game in which you are a wheel that can grow and shrink and have to navigate from one area to the other in the fastest that you can. General Gameplay iO is all about physics and how to get a wheel to get from point A to point B, the advantage is that you can grow or shrink the wheel to help you in the levels to get to your objectives. Audio There is some background music but to be ho...[Read More]
Jotun: Valhalla Edition
As Thora, a Viking, you die an inglorious death and now the gods have given you a second change to enter Valhalla (Viking heaven) by proving to the gods that you are worthy. Jotun is a hand drawn, 2D hack and slash that has some light puzzles to solve and very large bosses to fight. General Gameplay Jotun is a 2D side scroller that is more of a hack and slash/adventure than anything else. You’re...[Read More]
Thumper
Take part rail racer, make it musically rhythmic, and add a trippy but interesting background and you have Thumper. A rail-based music game that will have you in a trance. General Gameplay You are a space beetle, well… an armored space beetle on a rail going with the music flow and destroying barriers with your body, grinding the rails and timing your jumps right to get a glowing power up on the ...[Read More]